The Washington critic., 1887-03-23
W WASHINGTON CRITIC
GENERAL SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
Tho Hall HlnYera

O'BrIen, Hines or Carroll have signed.
Contracts have been made with Baker,
Crane, Farrell, Gilmore, Kreig, Keefe, keat-
ing, Mack, McGlone, O'Day, Shaw, Don
nelly, Stuart and Shock. THE CRITIC was
misled by dispatch from Washington to
the Philadelphia Press, purporting to give
correct list.
The Boston Globe snys that at no time,
perhaps, since 1888 has the Boston Club had
q more ilattering prospect than that which
opens before II this season. The following
have reported for duty, and are hard at
work under Morrill's direction: Pitchers
Radbourn, stemmyer, Conway and Madion;
catchers-Kelly, Daily, ORAL Ike and Tate;
basemen--Burdock, Higgins, Mask and
Sutton; short stop, Wise; flelders-lior-
nung, johnson, Wheelock and Poorman.
All but Nash have signed. The men are all
In fine condition, except Wise, who was
recently hit with ball in the shoulder.
The only weak place is the pitchers box.
Maddon and Conway are "kids," and II is
not known what they can do.
President Stearns Of Detroit places the
clubs thus at the expiration Of the season:
first, Detroit (of course); second, Philadel-
phla; third, New York; fourth, Chicago;
iifth, Boston; sixth, Pittsburg, and either
Washington or indianapolis last.
There is general howl by pitchers against
having a base on balls scored as basc-hit.
And the pitchers are about right. OF the
many absurd and Illogical changes made Ia
the rules, this was certainly about the
worst.
Ferguson OF the philies has reduced his
demands TO S2s,O00, while Harry Wright
has raised his offer to $4,000.
One thousand people gathered on the
Polo grounds Saturday to see the New
Yorks open the season in game with the
Columbia College Nine. The players failed
TO show up. The New Yorks reported for
duty to-day and open the season on Friday
In game with the Jaspers Of Manhattan
College.
~ brought out Brouthers," remarked
Manager Kelley Of the Louisvilles to d re-
porter, "when organized the Nets. lie
was working In sewer at the time. / had
seen him play, and sent him an offer of $40
n week, which he gladly accepted. When
he left the Nets he got Sl25 month, and
now his salary Is one of the biggest in the
League.n
President Young, in speaking OF the re-
serve rules, says "that in the League con-
tract everything is SO made up that IL will
stand test in the courts; but should a
court, for instance, decide 1t Illegal, and
the contestant win his point, where could
he get employment Baseball clubs would
be then compelled to stand by each other,
or baseball would become dead letter.
Salaries would 90 tumbling down until
they would be no better than they were ten
years ago. The reserve rule VIII not be
broken by either club or player as neither
can afford It,"
Tiernan of the New Yorks is very Ill at
his home in Trenton, N. j. Bob Fer
guson has trouble with one Of his
eyes, where he was hit with ball last
season. Roger Connor OF the New Yorks
will be laid up week or ten days by an
injury to his hand.
President Nimicli Of pittsburg proposes
to open the championship season in that
city with great ceremony. The Mayors and
Councilmen Of both cities will be invited,
and Mayor Pearson will be requested to
make q speech, to which Major Z. A. Mon.
tooth will reply on behalf of the club.
Whereabouts of the sculiers.
Edward Hanlan and his partner, O'Con-
nor OF Toronto, have begun their exercise
on the Charles River, near Boston, and were
out Monday and yesterday. Hanlau
sculled with that degree of perfection for
which he is famous the world over. His
wind, however, was not as good as 1t will
be when he has trained of twelve or fifteen
pounds Of superfuous flesh, but he expects
that he will be fit to row for his own life In
about six weeks. He expresses himself as
being sanguine that he will recover no,
only the championship Of Americ,, but also
the championship OF the world, and his de
Termination is to then Withdraw from public
competition and offer an elegant trophy tC
he known and held as the emblem Of tht
aquatic championship of the world.
Jim PilkipgtoD, the ex-amateur sculler
has evolved scheme for series OF compe-
titio,s g In which he thinks he can be sue
Cessful. He offers to compete in fifteen diff
ferent events against any man In the world
each contestant to have his choice Of sever
events, and the choice OF the odd one to bt
decided by toss.
Wallace Ross is already doing some worl
on the Harlem River, and predicts that bt
will be good bit faster in sculling this yea
than he was year ago
The New York Athletic Club will be vel
represented on the water this year, hayinl
in training at the club gymnasium candt
dates for an eight-oared crew, pair.oaret
gig, junior and senior singles, and doubl,
sculls.
A meeting of the Virginia Association o
Amateur Oarsmen will be held in Richmond
on April Q, to decide upon the time an(
place for holding the next regatta.
News of the Pugilists.
Patsey Cardiff has accepted challenge
from Killen to fight with 4ounce gloves fo
$1,000 side, and offers to wager S1,00t
that he knocks Killen out in five rounds
The fight will take place two weeks aftel
Cardiff's fight with Sullivan.
There will be no more four.round con
tests In any Of the sporting resorts in Phila
delphia, the police officials having issued ,
prohibitory order. All engagements will
tparrers in the Theatre Comique have beer
cancelled.
1t is stated that John l.. Sullivan has beer
blaekballed by the new athletic club o
Boston.
John Fleming and Jimmy Price fought l,
rounds In a stable In Brooklyn last night
The fight was brutal, bloody and desperate
lasting 05 minutes. Both men were badl!
punished, but Fleming was terribly lacera
ted, AID was finally knocked out.
Miscellaneous Mention.
The Lincolnshire handicap, run at Lin
coin, England, to-day, was won by MI
Manton's Oberon; Mr.. Crest's Kenny wa
second, and Lady Randolph's lsobar third
The sportsman's Association of Yirgini
has appointed Judge c. p. Latham 0
Lynchburg, Marshal Mccormick of Berry
vile, p. II. O'Bannon of Sperryville, w
o. Watson Of Charlottesville, and John l.
Grubts Of Richmond, a committee to reyls
the game and fish laws of Virginia.
The Pttsburg Cricket Club will join tn
Western Association, which proposes :
contt ST with the Eastern Association for tn
championship Of the country. The cor
test will be practically between Bostor
Philadelphia and New York for the Eas
and Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburg for th
West.
What has become OF the local CricllC
Club 1t should be revived.
Disorders which AKect the kid
ncys
are among the most formidable know
Diabetes, Brlghps disease, gravel aud 9th,
ooinTlaints nf the urinary OrDans arn n(
ordinarily cured in severe cases, but the